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Assigned a Replacement
Paperback
Science FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Davis Shyaka Musirikare
Published: Apr 3 2026
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Your life is perfect. Your career is steady. Your marriage is happy. But the Ministry of Calibration has decided you are no longer efficient enough to keep them.
When Soren Vance receives a midnight blue envelope, his world shatters. He has not committed a crime; he has simply been outmatched by the system. A Replacement named Kael has been assigned to take over his identity. Kael is faster, smarter, and more emotionally stable. He moves into Soren's apartment, wears his clothes, and begins to love Soren's wife, Lin, with a precision Soren could never achieve.
Forced into the shadows of a hyper-efficient city, Soren becomes a ghost in his own life. He watches from the darkness as a stranger fixes his mistakes and wins the heart of the woman he loves. But in this cold new world, Soren discovers he is not the only one being erased. From the hidden tunnels beneath the streets to the glowing heights of the Ministry's towers, a silent resistance is brewing among the forgotten.
As the city prepares for a final reset, Soren must make a desperate choice. Is the human soul just a collection of data points to be optimized, or is there something in the Two Percent-the flaws, the mistakes, and the unseen tears-that can never be replaced?
Assigned a Replacement is a cinematic and emotional journey into the heart of what it means to be human. It is a story of love, loss, and the terrifying price of perfection. In a world where no one is irreplaceable, how far would you go to reclaim your name?
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